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2:30 – 2:45 LIQUID BREAK

2:45 – 4:00 Miscellaneous Areas – Goodyear Hearings in the
Magistrates’ Court
Presenters: Justice Alice Yorke-Soo Hon, JA

Justice Mark Mohammed, JA

Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

(i) Conduct Goodyear hearings and
(ii) Appreciate the compatibilities of Goodyear with the
principles in Aguillera and Newton hearings.

Day Four (Friday 31 May 2019)

8:30 – 9:00 Evidence of Good Character
Presenter: Justice Alice Yorke-Soo Hon, JA

Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be
equipped to

(i) appreciate the circumstances in which good character
evidence must be evaluated
(ii) appreciate and apply the principles in Hunter and Ors. V
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9:00 – 10:30 Evidence of Bad Character
Presenter: Justice Mark Mohammed, JA

Objective: At the end of the session, participants will be able to
appreciate and apply the principles of bad character

10:30 – 10:45 HEALTH BREAK

10:45 – 12:00 Abuse of Process issues in the Magistrate’s Court

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